Meet the world’s animals.

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• Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus

  

  This dark bird has a long forked tail and red eyes. It catches flying insects in the high canopy and may hunt at dusk.

• Bonin flying fox Pteropus pselaphon

  A large fruit-eating bat native only to the Ogasawara Islands.

• Sind Woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis

  The Sind Woodpecker lives in dry lowlands of Iran and Pakistan. It searches trunks and branches for food, and males and females differ in crown color.

• Gorgona spiny rat Proechimys semispinosus

  The Gorgona spiny rat has stiff fur and fine spines, with a chestnut to gray-brown back. It forages at night, eating fruit and other foods, and ranges from Central America to northwestern South America.

• Tinian Monarch Monarcha takatsukasae

  This forest bird is endemic to Tinian. Juveniles have a yellow bill base and buff tips on the wing bars and rump, which distinguish them from adults.

• Northern Tigrina Leopardus tigrinus

  The northern tiger cat is a small, slender wild cat with rosette-like spots. It lives alone and is active mainly at night.

• Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

  The Asian Green Bee-eater is a green bee-eater with a slender bill. The details here are limited to the account of the nominate subspecies in India.

• Lesser Shrew Crocidura suaveolens

  The Lesser White-toothed Shrew ranges across the Palaearctic. In AlUla, Saudi Arabia, it has been recorded at 1,040 m on Harrat Uwayrid. The regional guide reports an insect diet and nests under shelter in dry grass or leaf litter.

• Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus

  The Buff-necked Ibis is a South American ibis with a long downcurved bill and a pale buff neck. It forages in open grassland; in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, arthropods including insects formed much of its diet.

• Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros hypophyllus

  The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat is known from southern India. It has broad ears and small supplementary noseleaf structures, and a cave in dry scrubland is its only reported roost.

• Gray Thrasher Toxostoma cinereum

  This large thrasher is endemic to Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Its long tail and spotted breast stand out, and it forages mainly on the ground in cactus desert.

• Pretty-faced Wallaby Notamacropus parryi

  The pretty-faced wallaby is marked by a white cheek stripe and a very long tail. It lives in groups in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia.

• Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis

  A blue crown, dark eye mask, and long tail with racket-shaped tips make this motmot distinctive. It perches quietly and darts at prey when it spots an opportunity.

• San Joaquin Pocket Mouse Perognathus inornatus

  The San Joaquin pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches. It searches for food on the ground at night and stays in a burrow by day.

• Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus

  The Pavonine Quetzal lives in the upper canopy of Amazonian forest. Adult males have a bill with an orange-red base and yellow tip, while much of the species' ecology remains poorly known.

• Golden-bellied Capuchin Sapajus xanthosternos

  This diurnal capuchin lives mainly in trees in the Atlantic coastal forest of eastern Brazil.

• Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens

  A small, pale lark that runs along the ground while feeding in dry, open country. It can be hard to distinguish from similar short-toed larks where their ranges meet.

• Northern Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis (Microdelphys) americana

  The Northern Three-striped Opossum has three black lines on its back. Close relatives share the same pattern, so appearance alone may not distinguish them.

• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus

  A wetland bird that walks on floating plants with long toes; its central tail feathers grow long in breeding plumage.

• Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin Sousa plumbea

  A dolphin of the western Indian Ocean coast, with a small dorsal fin set on a large hump and a gray body.

• Yellow-mantled Whydah Euplectes macroura

  The Yellow-mantled Widowbird lives near wet grassland and swamps in Africa. It searches for seeds on the ground. Breeding-plumaged males display on the ground or on low vegetation; their black bodies carry yellow shoulder patches whose extent varies among subspecies.

• Red-bellied Lemur Eulemur rubriventer

  The red-bellied lemur is a diurnal lemur whose facial and belly markings differ between males and females. It eats fruit, flowers, and leaves in eastern Madagascar’s rainforests.

• Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens

  The Reddish Scops Owl is a small owl of forests in Southeast Asia, including the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on insects.

• Black Bearded Saki Chiropotes satanas

  The black bearded saki lives in forests of eastern Amazonian Brazil. Its dark coat and beard are distinctive, and it often eats fruit and seeds.